Jonathan EmmesediJan 31, 2025

A possibly apocryphal anecdote relates that the British prime minister Harold Macmillan was asked what the most troubling problem of his ministry had been. "Events, my dear boy, events,’" was his reply.

Both elated Trumpians and dispirited progressives should bear that response in mind.

#USPolitics #Politics #Fortuna #Fortune #DonaldTrump #HaroldMacmillan #UKPolitics #Events

Show threadDonald RoyJan 21, 2025
#haroldmacmillan was chosen instead. More recently such speculation has found its way into novels relying on #alternativehistory - most notably 'Dominion' by the late C J Sansom .
Show threadDonald RoyDec 14, 2024

@GeofCox @ChrisMayLA6

True of #haroldmacmillan perhaps - although arguably many of his ideas were formed in the 1930s - but surely not of #stanleybaldwin .

Show threadDonald RoyDec 13, 2024

@GeofCox @ChrisMayLA6

Worth recalling that earlier #english #conservatives could be quite #left wing economically - #haroldmacmillan and #stanleybaldwin being the prime examples - much the same would apply to #gaullists in #france .